Artush

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Field	Value
name	Artush
native_name	zh-Hans-CN
ug-Arab
ky-Arab
other_name	Artux, Atush
pushpin_map	China Xinjiang Southern#Xinjiang#China
pushpin_relief	yes
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Xinjiang
settlement_type	County-level city
image_skyline	Tomb of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan (crop).jpg
image_caption	Tomb of Sultan Satuk Bughra Khan
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	China
subdivision_type1	Autonomous region
subdivision_name1	Xinjiang
subdivision_type2	Autonomous prefecture
subdivision_name2	Kizilsu
seat_type	Municipal seat
seat	Guangming Road Subdistrict
area_total_km2	15,697.78
area_footnotes
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
population_total	290,936
population_footnotes
demographics_type1	Demographics
demographics1_title1	Major ethnic groups
demographics1_info1
coor_pinpoint	Artush municipal government
coordinates
timezone	China Standard
utc_offset	+8
website
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Artush ( ; also transliterated as Artux or Atush) is a county-level city and the capital of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China. The government seat is in Guangming Road Subdistrict. As of 2018, it has a population of 285,507 people, 81.4 per cent of whom are Uyghurs.

Artush is the political, economic and cultural center of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture.

History

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In the Han Dynasty, it was a component of Shule, a significant town on the historic Silk Road, and continues to thrive in trade and business. In 60 BC, the Han Dynasty established the Protectorate of the Western Regions. Subsequently, in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Artush fell under the authority of the Chief Official of the Western Regions, which later became part of Western Turkic Khaganate. In 649, it was incorporated into the Shule Governor's Office of the Protectorate General to Pacify the West.

In 840, the Uyghur Khaganate and other tribes established the Kara-Khanid Khanate, of which Artush was a region. Artush became part of the Chagatai Khanate during the Yuan Dynasty. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Artush was part of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. The Yarkent Khanate was created during the Ming Dynasty, with Artush as one of its territories.

In 1759, the Qing authorities quelled the turmoil in the large and tiny Hezhuo, placing Artush under the authority of the Minister of Kashgar, referred to as Astu Altush, while Aqimu Burke was established in Atushi Zhuang to oversee local governance. In 1884, Atushi was incorporated into .

In January 1943, Artush County was established. In 1949, it was part of Kashgar Prefecture. On July 14, 1954, the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture was founded, and Atushi County was placed under its administration, subsequently recognized as the capital of the Autonomous Prefecture. In June 1986, Atushi County was dissolved, leading to the establishment of the city of Atushi.

At 10:23 pm on January 19, 2020, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck in Artush.

Geography and climate

It is situated in the northwest part of the Tarim Basin, south of the Tien Shan mountains. Like most of Xinjiang, Artush has a cool arid climate (Köppen BWk) with hot summers, freezing winters and little precipitation and low humidity year-round. The annual mean temperature is 13.1 C and the annual mean precipitation around 95 mm. Most of this limited precipitation falls from erratic thunderstorms in the summer months, although at this time relative humidity averages less than 35 percent.

Artush is situated at the western periphery of the Tarim Basin, on the southwestern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, characterized by high mountains, ravines, and valleys, with terrain that gradually ascends from south to north.

Artush features undulating high mountains and minor plains, with the topography elevated in the north and declining in the south, gradually dropping from the southwest to the east, resulting in a complex terrain. The northern section of the city features a prominent mountainous region, characterized by the Maydan and Kara Tirzhek mountains of the Tianshan Mountains, along with undulating hills and mountain ranges. The central region comprises the middle highlands and low hills, interspersed with the Tugu Baiti and Harajun basins. The southern region features an intermountain floodplain, integral to the Kashgar delta, characterized by flat topography.

Administrative divisions

Artush includes three subdistricts, one town, six townships and one other area:

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Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Kyrgyz (Arabic script)	Kyrgyz (Cyrillic script)	Administrative division code
Subdistricts
Xingfu Road Subdistrict
(Bext Road Subdistrict)	幸福路街道	zh	بەخت يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى	ug	باقىت جولۇ كۅچۅ باشقارماسى	Бакыт жолу көчө башкармасы	653001001
Guangming Road Subdistrict
(Nurluq Road Subdistrict)	光明路街道	zh	نۇرلۇق يولى كوچا باشقارمىسى	ug	نۇرلۇق جولۇ كۅچۅ باشقارماسى	Нурлук жолу көчө башкармасы	653001002
Xincheng Subdistrict	新城街道	zh	يېڭى شەھەر كوچا باشقارمىسى	ug	جاڭى شاار كۅچۅ باشقارماسى	Жаңы шаар көчө башкармасы	653001003
Towns
Ustun Artush Town
(Shang'atushi)	上阿图什镇	zh	ئۈستۈن ئاتۇش بازىرى	ug	ۉستۉن ارتىش شاارچاسى	Үстүн Артыш шаарчасы	653001100
Süntag Town	松他克镇	zh	سۇنتاغ بازىرى	ug	سۇنتاق شاارچاسى	Сунтак шаарчасы	653001101
Azak Town	阿扎克镇	zh	ئازاق بازىرى	ug	ازاق شاارچاسى	Азак шаарчасы	653001102
Townships
Agu Township	阿湖乡	zh	ئاغۇ يېزىسى	ug	اغۇۇ ايىلى	Агуу айылы	653001102
Katyaylak Township	格达良乡	zh	كاتتايلاق يېزىسى	ug	كەتتئيلئك ايىلى	Кеттийлек айылы	653001104
Karajül Township
(Karajol Township)	哈拉峻乡	zh	قاراجول يېزىسى	ug	قاراجۉل ايىلى	Кара-Жүл айылы	653001105
Tugurmiti Township	吐古买提乡	zh	تۈگۈرمىتى يېزىسى	ug	تەگىرمەتى ايىلى	Тегирмети айылы	653001106
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Other:

Red Flag Farm of 3rd Division, XPCC (兵团农三师红旗农场)

Economy

Artush's economy is primarily agriculture, the agricultural products are mainly cotton, grapes, and sheep.

Industries in Artush include salt-making, cotton-ginning, food processing and cooking oil processing. Agricultural products include wheat, corn, sorghum, sesame, rice and others, and the local specialty is the common fig. Sheep are the main livestock in Artush.

Demographics

| type = China | percentages = pagr | 2000 | 200,345 | 2010 | 240,368 | 2015 | 269,317 | 2018 | 285,507 | footnote = Sources: |}}

, 81.5% of the population of Artush was Uyghur.

, 79.68 per cent of the population of Artush were Uyghur and 7.21 per cent of the population were Han Chinese.

, 216,651 (80.44%) of the 269,317 residents of Artush were Uyghurs, 30,174 (11.20%) were Kyrgyz, 21,754 (8.08%) were Han Chinese and 738 were from other ethnic groups.

, the population of Artush was 285,507.

Transportation

Artush is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Artush: File:NJ-43-3 Kashi, China.jpg|Map including Artush A-t'u-shih (DMA, 1983) File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-43-5th-ed.jpg|Map including Artush (labeled as A-T'U-SHIH (ARTUSH)) (AMS, 1966) File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Artush (A-t'u-shih) (DMA, 1980) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg|Map including Artush (A-t'u-shih) (DMA, 1984)

Notes

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